Latin

Proper noun

Ilva f ‎(genitive Ilvae); first declension

1. Elba (the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
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Declension

First declension, with locative.

Synonyms

• Aethalia

Descendants

References

• Ilva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Ilva”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 773/1.
• Ilva in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Ilua” on page 830/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1943. Unknown etymology, possibly a phonetic coinage.

Proper noun

Ilva f

1. A female given name.

See also

• Ilvars
• Ilvija

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Ilva was the only given name of 969 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.